Bogotá, Colombia, October 27, 2016--Journalists trying to cover rising political tensions in Venezuela have been obstructed and have come under attack, including by Venezuelan security forces and immigration officials, according to press freedom groups and news reports.

New York, March 27, 2012--Mexican authorities
must investigate attacks on a newspaper and TV station in the northeastern
state of Tamaulipas and ensure the offices and its staff members are protected,
the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Both attacks occurred within
the space of one week.

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New York, August 27, 2010--Mexico's main television network reported that a car bomb exploded at its headquarters in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas state early today. There were no injuries, the Televisa network said, but its transmission was knocked out for several hours and there was damage to neighboring buildings.

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New York, August 16, 2010--Weekend grenade attacks against the
Monterrey and Matamoros offices of the national broadcaster Televisa reflect another
attempt by organized crime to intimidate the Mexican news media, the Committee
to Protect Journalists said today.

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New York, July 28, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Mexican government today to do everything in its power to bring four journalists who are being held hostage by an alleged criminal group to safety. The group’s members have demanded press coverage of videos they made in exchange for the reporters’ release, according to international and local news reports.